Vitamin D for aging bones

[tim-from-pa]

When reading this article, it only goes to show how abysmally deficient everyone has become in vitamin D. I mean, just look at the dosages they're talking about. And look at what the RDA is.

http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=17088

Remember this next time grandma breaks her hip, and then they want to drug her all up, give hormones, etc etc "to make her bones stronger" as if man has a better solution than the nutrition God gave us. : Incredible.

 

[elizabethbraddock]

When reading this article, it only goes to show how abysmally deficient everyone has become in vitamin D. I mean, just look at the dosages they're talking about. And look at what the RDA is.

http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=17088

Remember this next time grandma breaks her hip, and then they want to drug her all up, give hormones, etc etc "to make her bones stronger" as if man has a better solution than the nutrition God gave us. : Incredible.

Vitamin D supplementation is intended to reduce the risk of age-related injury due to demineralization of bone, and it is very effective in maintaining bone density along with regular exercise. This will keep grandma from breaking her hip. However, if grandma breaks her hip because, like most Americans, she hasn't had an adequate intake of vitamin D, calcium, and daily exercise to maintain bone density, she's still going to need drugs to recover from her broken hip.

 

[tim-from-pa]

I'm never against short term drug therapy on the same wise as taking an aspirin for a headache. Drugs never heal, but make things tolerable until the body heals. What I meant was that in lieu of nutrition permanently. Let's face it. Whether it's this issue or some other medical issue nutrition is never brought up, and if it is, it's usually what to avoid rather than what to get. Trouble is, even what one is told to avoid is nutritional and as such could make things worse. That's my point.

 

[elizabethbraddock]

I'm never against short term drug therapy on the same wise as taking an aspirin for a headache. Drugs never heal, but make things tolerable until the body heals. What I meant was that in lieu of nutrition permanently. Let's face it. Whether it's this issue or some other medical issue nutrition is never brought up, and if it is, it's usually what to avoid rather than what to get. Trouble is, even what one is told to avoid is nutritional and as such could make things worse. That's my point.

I understand what you mean; it's much easier to prescribe some drugs for a "quick-fix" than to address the issues that caused the problems in the first place. I hope to be a more holistic physician that will address such lifestyle choices and nutrition in order to prevent disease, as much as possible.